Dust off the trench coat and slip quietly into the cinema, because our pick of the films released today is the espionage thriller Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. With a talented director and a cast to die for, this spy vs spy flick looks like it’ll have us all on the edge of our seats.

An intelligence officer is recalled from retirement when there are signs that one of the top-ranking officers of the British Secret Intelligence Service is a Soviet mole.

Based on the 1974 novel by John le Carré, and directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In), the film stars Gary Oldman (Leon, The Dark Knight Rises), Colin Firth (The King’s Speech), John Hurt (Alien), Mark Strong (Kick-Ass), Toby Jones (Captain America), David Dencik (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Ciaran Hinds (Munich), Benedict Cumberpatch (War Horse), Tom Hardy (The Dark Knight Rises) and Amanda Fairbank-Hynes (One Day).

You keen to see this? If you go, let us know what you think.